para-dharmāt

How it is translated

• superior (2)
• than another’s prescribed duties (1)
• duties prescribed for others (1)
• within one’s own and bodies of others (1)
• than another’s dharma (1)
• transcendental (1)

Every verse

1. 3.35श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitātBetter is one's own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty of another well discharged. Better is death in one's own duty; the duty of another is fraught with fear.Here: than another’s prescribed duties
2. 3.42इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः।indriyāṇi parāṇyāhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥThey say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and He (the Self) is superior even to the…Here: superior
3. 7.7मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñchid asti dhanañjayaThere is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems on a string.Here: superior
4. 16.18अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः।ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ cha sanśhritāḥGiven over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust, and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own bodies and in the bodies of others.Here: within one’s own and bodies of others
5. 18.47श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitātBetter is one's own duty, even if it is destitute of merits, than the duty of another well performed. He who does the duty ordained by his own nature incurs no sin.Here: than another’s dharma
6. 18.50सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha meLearn from Me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained perfection reaches Brahman—the Eternal, that supreme state of knowledge.Here: transcendental